{"id":28568,"date":"2023-09-18T10:45:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=28568"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:23:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T16:23:31","slug":"singer-donny-osmond-shares-why-he-doesnt-curse-be-like-your-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/09\/singer-donny-osmond-shares-why-he-doesnt-curse-be-like-your-dad.html","title":{"rendered":"Singer Donny Osmond Shares Why He Doesn&#8217;t Curse: &#8216;Be Like Your Dad&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28583\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/09\/donny-osmond_credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28583\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/09\/donny-osmond_credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Hutchins \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Singer and actor Donny Osmond credits his father as the reason he\u2019s never said a curse word. He told <em>PEOPLE Magazine, <\/em>\u201cI never heard my father curse. He was tough, but he never swore.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/donny-osmond-never-cursed-obviously-still-think-the-words-exclusive-7967299\">Osmond admitted that he still \u201cthinks the words<\/a>,\u201d saying, \u201cThere are certain people I would love to say certain words to at certain times, but I just think, \u2018Be like your dad.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to not cursing, Osmond has always maintained that he would avoid the usual pitfalls fame can bring to young stars. The singer said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/donny-osmond-has-never-spoken-curse-word-life-would-love-say-certain-words\">in an interview with Fox News<\/a>, \u201cI decided long ago that I wasn\u2019t going to do it with scandals, trickery or promotional campaigns. I was going to do it with my music, which is a really difficult way to do it. But it happened. And it took me 10 years. 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But thank goodness that through perseverance and a lot of support from my fan base, it happened. But it takes an awful lot of work to be accepted as an adult.\u201d Osmond recently shared that he\u2019s extending his Las Vegas residency through May 2024, telling <em>PEOPLE <\/em>that he always says a prayer before going on. He explained, \u201cEvery time I see a packed house, I have an attitude of gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Osmond also prioritizes his family. He and his wife, Debbie, share five children and 14 grandchildren. He shared, \u201cIt\u2019s such a wonderful, warm feeling to see your child become a parent and to see them raise their own children and take on the kind of family traditions that Debbie and I have started. It\u2019s such a great dynamic to see your children grow up to be parents. They graduate into that echelon of life just finding their own feet, finding their own wings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer and actor Donny Osmond credits his father as the reason he\u2019s never said a curse word. He told PEOPLE Magazine, \u201cI never heard my father curse. He was tough, but he never swore.\u201d Osmond admitted that he still \u201cthinks the words,\u201d saying, \u201cThere are certain people I would love to say certain words to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":28583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8],"tags":[5834],"class_list":["post-28568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","category-entertainment","category-music","tag-donny-osmond"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Singer Donny Osmond Shares Why He Doesn&#039;t Curse: &#039;Be Like Your Dad&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Actor and singer Donny Osmond recently shared why he doesn&#039;t use curse words, citing his father as the reason, 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